are commonly the following: date of entry; accession number;
class number (religion, sociology, etc.); author; title; place of
publication and name of publisher; date of publication; binding
(cloth, leather, etc.); size (octavo, quarto, etc.); number of pages;
name of dealer from whom purchased; cost; remarks (maps, plates, etc.;
books rebound; magazines, etc.; lost, worn out, replaced by another
book, etc.).

[Illustration: Accession book, left-hand page. (Reduced size.)

Date 29 5 '92

ACCESSION
F.T. CLASS BOOK VOL. AUTHOR TITLE
7581 428 B88 Bunce, O.B. Don't
7581.93 82 Z713 Zola, E. Soil
Scr.15.92 83 973.1 F54 v.1 Fiske, J. Discovery of Amer.
84 973.1 F54 v.2 " "
85 ]

[Illustration: Accession book, right-hand page. (Reduced size.)

PLACE AND PUBLISHER DATE BINDING SOURCE COST REMARKS
N.Y. App. 1885 pa. Scribner 28 Bind No. 354
L. Vizetelly 1888 cl. " 81 " " 355
B. Ho.M. 1892c " " } 2.97
" " " " " } ]

Each book and each volume of a set has a separate accession number and
a separate entry. Each entry occupies a line; each line is numbered